Over President’s Day weekend we decided to take an adventure to Sauk Mountain. I was super excited test out my snowshoes I got from Matt’s family for Christmas! We were hoping for somewhat decent weather; however, when it was time to get up we woke up to a torrential downpour of rain! Ugh! I don’t like being wet.
Thanks to our lovely presence of our “Dear Friend” El Nino, we have had one of the worst winters for snow! Last year we had snow coming out of our ears at this time! Unlike last year, we were able to drive up to 3,500 feet (about 1.25 miles from the trail head)!!! If were going there at this time last year you wouldn’t have even been able to get off the main highway onto the forest road! That is 7 miles from the trail head!
Our friends Matt and Crystal joined us and then at the trail Grant and his roommates met up with us. Matt and Matt skinned up and Crystal and I snowshoed up. Once when we started hiking up the weather tried to clear up. We were hoping for some view at the trail head. Sauk Mountain is pretty steep so Crystal and I on our snowshoes were not able to go very far because of the steep avalanche fields. We found a cozy spot to sit and enjoy the fading view of the Skagit River and watched the boys ski down the hill. Grant and his roommates made a jump and it was entertaining to watch them jump off it. I must say it looked like it hurt! You wouldn’t catch me jumping of sketchy a stump, that’s for sure!
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